North Carolina at Pennsylvania
Saturday, October 13, 1945 Share
No. 11 Pennsylvania beat North Carolina 49–0. It was their sixth meeting; Pennsylvania leads the series 4–2.
FinalHigh 58°F, low 49°FAttendance 55,000
In the newspapers

The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, October 14, 1945, page 1
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Blue Devils Down Fighting Deacs; UNC Trampled By P ennsylvanlans 0lJAKERS SHUT0UT TAR HEEL ELEVEN BY 49–0 DEFEAT Penn Racks Up Third Straight Whitewash OF Current Season PHIL Oct. l3.-tA)pennsylvania’s Quakers humbleo the North Carolina Tar Heels to dav 1910. scoring in every perloc with surprising strength and rack ING I’D a third straight shut ou’ victory to the delight OF 53,ool Franklin Field customers. Seldom in the coaching history of Carl Snavely, whose Cornell teams found the same stadium az annual jinx, has one OF his CLUBS suffered such a drubbing. Although Penn was favored te ron a two touchdown decision, no even their fondest friends expected a roman holiday at the expense Of the Southerners who had glver Georgia Tech hard battle before bowling by a touchdown. Even such formidable future opponents as Army and Navy would do well t. prepare artfully for the Red anc Blue. Bob Evans, a former staff serg can’t on a bomber over Germany didn’t break into the scoring col umn personally, but his driving gains from the tail back spot anc his three touchdown passes, made him the outstanding man on the field. = When Evans wasn’t pitching strikes. Quarterback Carmen Fal cone was finding holes on the TAI Heels pass defense scoring once throwing one six pointer and set ting up two more. Coach George Munger of the Rec and Blue had the third and fourth club in the ball game at the finish as his offense clicked for 432 yards to 119 for the opposition during the afternoon going 273 along the ground and completing IL OF Is forwards for 159 yards. Penn drove 80 yards in seven plays after receiving the opening kickoff with 60-yard jaunt by Bob Deuber bringing the crowd to its feet. Deuber, who had gained 19s yards in 7 previous tries, suffered broken nose shortly afterwards and didn’t re-appear. Falcone’ Is ward aerial to end Frank jenkins produced the first touchdown in 1925 in the first period.

Evening star, October 15, 1945, page 12 (results column)
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Grid Sturs Saturday 6S lne Associated ITeSS. Billy Garfield, Purdue-scored three touchdowns, one on a 41-yard run, anG carried ball 13 times for 131 yards in 400 rout of Iowa. toHchdown rms ms Of 81, s. sand and VI Yards di- to to lead the Blue Devils to 26–19 victory over Wake Forest Army-hccounted for most Of Army S yardage in 2S-7 triumph over Michigan with Blanchard scoring two touchdowns, sne on 6s-yard dash anG Davis running Gene Rossides. Columbia-Had hand IN all of Columhia’s tallies against Yale downs in leading Columbia to 27–13 Bob Evans, Pennsylvania-Passe for ers walloped North Carolina, 49–0. Charles Smith. Georgia–Ran for four et Georgia’ seven touchdown. one on “a an Fred Grant, Alabama--A second string South Carolina and made three touch downs in $50 drubbins of South Carolina. Johnny Rudan, Marquette-Swept end other and bucked for third as he led his team to a 55–13 victory over Kansas Byron Gillory and Hubert Bechtol, Tex. Both played big part in Texas 12–7 triumph over Oklahoma, Bechtol carrying o’ Bob Snf Fenimore. en- a s0uSRHw oRiahoma A. MA Friday night star. ALL American Fenimore scooted for sc&-ing runs OF 20 and 40 yards ss his team defeated Southern Meth odist 26–12. lob Miller. INDIANA – Carried kick .aCK 95 yards for q touchdown as the Hoosiers overwhelmed Nebraska, 54–14. Frank D?ncewicZ, Notre Dame-Heaved two touchdown passes in short workout against Dartmouth, the Irish winning $40. Dick Fisher and Paul Sarringhaus Ohio State–These two war veteran paced Ohio State to 1910 conquest of Wisconsin Fisher passed for the first goal and !Sarringhaus sma shed over for the second. Cal Rossi. U C. L. A.-Ran up 1O1 yards from scrimmage and Tailed both markers in 1870 defeat of California. Gordon Hungar Washington Inter; broke away for 41-yard scoring dash to upset Washington State, 80. Mel (Tommy Gum Tommervik, San downs and passed for two others to beat Southern California, 1915.

The Daily Alaska empire, October 15, 1945, page 3 (results column)
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GfN2 FOOTBALL l SCORES The following are final scores of major football games played over the weekend: SATURDAY Washington, 6; Washington State, D. Oregon State, l9; Oregon, 6. Farragut. IS; Idaho, ‘. UCLA, 13; California, o. San Diego Marines, 33; USC, 6. St. Mary’s, 6l; College of Pacific, D. Utah State, A; Montana U., 13. Notre Dame, 34; Dartmouth, 0. Ohio State, 12; Wisconsin, o. Purdue, 2l; Iowa, 0. Indiana. 54; Nebraska, IA. Missouri, 13; Iowa State, T. Michigan State, 12; Pittsburgh, ‘. Minnesota, IA; Fort Warren, 0. Ohio University, 20; Cincinnati, 19. Kansas, 12; Fort Riley, ‘. Army, 28; Michigan, T. Navy, 28; Penn State, 0. Princeton, l4; Cornell, 6. Columbia, 27; Yale, 13. Penn, 49; North Carolina, 0. Colgate, AT; Lafayette, 0. Harvard, 21; Rochester, 13. Alabama, 55; South Carolina, O.. Duke, 26; Wake Forest, l9. Texas, 12; Oklahoma, T. Rice, 13: Tulane, ‘. Holy Cross, 26; Villanova, 2. Mississippi State, Al; Detroit, 6. Tennessee, 30; Chattanooga, 0. Mississippi, 26; Louisiana Tech, 2l. Baylor, 23, Arkansas, 13. Texas, 12: Oklahoma, 2. Rice, IS, Tulane, ‘. Corpus Christi Air, 34; Berg Field, 0. Texas College, 35; Arkansas State, 9. Marquette, 55; Kansas State, 13 Louisiana State, 31; Texas Ag- gies, 12. Tulsa, IS; Texas Tech, ‘. Vanderbilt, 2; Florida, o.
Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Pennsylvania 71% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every North Carolina–Pennsylvania gamePennsylvania leads 4–2 in six meetings.
Around this game
North Carolina
- Next gamevs. Cherry Point MarinesOct. 20, 1945
- SeasonNorth Carolina in 1945
- ProgramNorth Carolina history and records
Pennsylvania
- Next gamevs. NavyOct. 27, 1945
- SeasonPennsylvania in 1945
- ProgramPennsylvania history and records

